This exhibit will be held at Youth UpRising – 8711 MacArthur Blvd in Oakland CA. We will be open for school and youth group field-trips on Friday, February 22, 2019 from 9am-2pm and Monday, February 25, 2019from 9am-12pm. We will be open for a Community Celebration on Saturday, February 23, 2019 from 6-10pm with music, food and meaningful interactions that cultivate peace.

ESP is a great way to honor Black/African History Month. 2019 marks 400 years since the first ship landed in Jamestown with a cargo of enslaved Africans. 400 years later, we have much to learn about the “peculiar institution” of slavery and its inter-generational impacts on all people. We have curated powerful and provocative period-specific “living installations” using lights, sounds, smells, and actors/models that evoke visceral emotions as an ode to African peoples’ greatness, oppression, resistance, and aspiration. From the Olduvai Gorge to Timbuktu, The Transatlantic Slave trade to Black Wall Street, The Harlem Renaissance to the Black Panthers, this exhibit brings history to life, highlighting Oakland's specific contributions.

It is our goal that community will glean a better understanding of African/Black peoples’ contributions to human civilization and ignite our collective capacity to build empathy and solidarity to transform our social realities and create a positive future.

What to bring you school or youth group?Please complete our Field trip Reservation Request Form here.Space is limited and request or filled on a first come/ first served basis!

Youth Wurx

For over 15 years, Spearitwurx has pioneered creative and holistic approaches to conjuring love, esteem, respect, and responsibility in our youth through Camps, Workshops, Gender-Specific/Culturally-Based Healing Circles, School Assemblies and Urban Farm Programs. We engage with love, authenticity and a commitment to humanism and collective work.

In 2018, we built with youth from:

Ujima Adult & Family Services

Brekowitz Continuation School

Yu Ming Charter School

West County Mandarin School

Determination Men's Group / United Roots

CARES Mentoring

OUSD African American Male Achievement

Whats next for 2019?

West County Mandarin School

Determination Men's Group / United Roots

and more

Will your organization be next on the list?Contact us to find out more today!

"I learned so much about myself and my community. Spearitwurx has helped me become a man-or at least know what I'm supposed to do when I am a Man"Rashid, at age 17

"This is the best camp ever. We should do this every week!"Janai, at age 15